One app for all terrestrial laser scanning

LEICA GEOSYSTEMS has extended the Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 mobile-device app to all Leica Geosystems 3D terrestrial laser scanners for in-field data acquisition and visualisation, enhancing the existing and well- established 3D reality capture workflow.

With the simple push of a button from the mobile-device app, all Leica Geosystems’ laser scanner users can capture high-quality data and verify registration directly in the field with a few simple clicks, saving valuable time in the office, states Leica. The ScanStation P-Series, the versatile, high-speed and survey-grade 3D laser scanners, now benefit from the existing workflow and proven productivity gains of the Cyclone FIELD 360 mobile-device app.

“With the integration of the ScanStation P-Series and Cyclone FIELD 360,

Leica Geosystems continues to innovate and introduce seamless integrated workflows to provide increased offerings to their 3D Reality Capture workflow,” said Joost Assendelft, team leader at Geodata IV-Infra, an alreadyexisting ScanStation user. “We’re confident that this workflow enhancement will be recognised across a wide variety of our future laser scanning projects.” A COMPLETE REALITY CAPTURE REGISTRATION WORKFLOW

With the integrated Cyclone FIELD 360 mobile-device app, users can capture and document projects quickly and accurately, view all field workflows, quality control and prepare scan data for downstream use. The workflow in the field seamlessly brings the captured scan data into the Leica Cyclone ecosystem in the office, providing the most streamlined service for registering and publishing data.

“Integrating the ScanStation P-Series laser scanners into the Cyclone FIELD 360 mobile-device app workflow adds in-field visualisation and dataflow benefits, directly linking in-field projects to the Cyclone ecosystem,” said Gerhard Walter, senior product manager at Leica Geosystems. “Customers who own our entire laser scanning portfolio will find it much easier to combine their scan data and not have to buy more equipment as the app can be used on their chosen mobile device to operate the scanners.”

STEEL CONSTRUCTION NZ (SCNZ) and Masterspec have announced a new industry partnership to support best practice in the fabrication and erection of fabricated structural steel.

The standard AS/NZS 5131 Structural Steelwork – Fabrication and Erection defines best practice and is cited in the Building Code as the sole approved document for fabrication and erection. Importantly, it also provides the basis for the industry-led quality assurance scheme Steel Fabrication Certification (SFC).

The industry organisations will combine their AS/NZS 5131 content under a purpose- built library called ‘SCNZ library specification’, which will be available with a free Masterspec licence to all SCNZ member organisations.

SCNZ General Manager Darren O’Riley said that together the partnership can provide structural engineers with better access to the tools and information they require to deliver quality, compliant steelwork for their projects.

SCNZ has created a generic specification for general structural steel framing in buildings and structures. The specification, New Zealand Structural Steelwork Specification in Compliance with AS/NZS 5131, is an implementation tool for embedding the requirements of AS/NZS 5131 into engineering and steelwork procurement practice in New Zealand.

“This specification document significantly increases efficiencies in project delivery and cost, improve quality and compliance, and provide long-term value. Combined with SFC, our community can expect minimised risk, and fitfor-purpose and value- engineered outcomes for structural steelwork projects in New Zealand,” says SCNZ Senior Structural Engineer Kevin Cowie, the SCNZ driving force behind the partnership with Masterspec.

Steel Fabricator Certification (SFC) remains a cornerstone of the industry’s quality and compliance activities. Launched in 2014, the scheme ensures that participating structural steel contractors have appropriate personnel and quality management systems in place. Eighty- eight percent of the sector’s annual output is now delivered by SFC-qualified fabricators who manufacture structural steelwork to international best practice.

“In today’s global procurement environment, fabricated structural steel is sourced both locally and internationally for New Zealand building and infrastructure projects. In this setting, the means to demonstrate conformity and the necessary measures to regulate and control quality must be clearly specified. The AS/NZS 5131 standard provides the framework to ensure better quality outcomes,” says O’Riley.

This partnership demonstrates SCNZ’s and Masterspec’s commitment to develop resources to meet industry demand for consistent design documentation and guidelines for best-practice steel construction methods, delivered through innovative digital platforms.